Small Box
Difficulty - Easy
Materials
- Brown wrapping paper
- Cream and brown patterned scrapbooking or craft paper
- Cream 3/8 inch wide ribbed ribbon
- Gold thin ribbon
- Amber small rhinestone
Instructions
- Wrap a small rectangular box in brown paper.
- Cut a piece of the coordinating paper 2 inches smaller than the
width of the box and the length to wrap around the entire box plus
1 inch.
- If the craft paper is not long enough to wrap around the entire
box, tape two pieces together on the wrong side of the paper, matching
the pattern if possible, to achieve the desired length.
- Using double-sided tape, tape the inside of the craft paper in
even intervals at the edges. Apply to the box, centering the paper
evenly on the top of the box and overlapping the ends on the bottom
of the box.
- Cut three pieces of cream ribbon long enough to wrap around the
entire box plus 1 inch. Glue the ribbon onto both edges and middle
of the craft paper, overlapping the ends on the bottom of the box.
- Cut a piece of gold ribbon long enough to wrap around the entire
box plus 12 inches.
- Center the gold ribbon on the bottom of the box. Wrap the ribbon
around to the top of the box, centering it onto the middle cream ribbon,
and tie a knot.
- Tie a bow with the gold ribbon the same way shoelaces are tied.
- Even out the loops so they match and trim the tails at an angle
to the desired length.
- Glue a small amber rhinestone onto the middle of the bow.
Medium Rectangular box
Difficulty - Medium
Materials
- Brown wrapping paper
- Cream and brown patterned scrapbooking or craft paper
- Cream 3/8 inch wide ribbed ribbon
- Cream 1-1/2 inch wide ribbed ribbon
- Gold thin ribbon
- Amber small rhinestone
Instructions
- Wrap a medium rectangular box in brown paper.
- Cut a piece of the cream, 1-1/2 inch ribbon long enough to wrap
around the lenght of the box plus 1 inch.
- Center the ribbon on the box and glue, overlapping the ends on the
bottom of the box.
- Cut a piece of gold ribbon long enough to wrap around the length
of the box plus 1 inch. Center it onto the cream ribbon and glue,
overlapping the ends on the bottom of the box.
- Cut a 3 inch wide strip of coordinating paper, long enough to wrap
around the entire box plus 1 inch.
- If the craft paper is not long enough to wrap around the entire
box, tape two pieces together on the wrong side of the paper, matching
the pattern if possible, to achieve the desired length.
- Using double-sided tape, tape the inside of the craft paper in even
intervals at the edges. Apply to the box, centering the paper evenly
on the top of the box and overlapping the ends on the bottom of the
box.
- Cut a piece of both gold and cream 1/8 inch ribbon long enough to
wrap around the entire box plus 12 inches.
- Hold the two pieces of ribbon together as if they were one ribbon,
gold on top of the cream ribbon and center the ribbon on the bottom
of the box. Wrap the ribbon around to the top of the box, centering
onto the craft paper, and tie a knot.
- Tie a bow the same way shoelaces are tied, centering the gold ribbon
on the cream ribbon.
- Even out the loops so they match and trim the tails at an angle
to the desired length.
- Separate the cream and gold tails and glue the ends onto the box.
Medium Square Box
Difficulty - Medium
Materials
- Brown wrapping paper
- Cream and brown patterned scrapbooking or craft paper
- Cream 1-1/2 inch wide ribbed ribbon
- Gold thin ribbon
- Amber large rhinestone
Instructions
- Wrap a medium rectangular box in brown paper.
- Cut a strip of coordinating paper length of the box minus 3 inches
and long enough to wrap around the entire box plus 1 inch.
- If the craft paper is not long enough to wrap around the entire
box, tape two pieces together on the wrong side of the paper, matching
the pattern if possible, to achieve the desired length.
- Using double-sided tape, tape the inside of the craft paper in even
intervals at the edges. Apply to the box, place the paper at the edge
of the box and overlapping the ends on the bottom of the box.
- Cut a length of cream 1-1/2 inch ribbon to wrap around the entire
box plus 1 inch.
- Center the ribbon evenly over the edge of the craft paper and glue,
overlapping the ends on the bottom of the box.
- Cut two pieces of gold ribbon long enough to wrap around the entire
box plus 1 inch. Glue each piece of gold ribbon about ¼ inch
from the edge of the cream ribbon and glue, overlapping the ends on
the bottom of the box.
- To make the ribbon flower, cut an 11 inch piece of the 1-1/2 inch
ribbon.
- Fold under 1/4 inch of the ribbon on both ends and glue.
- Make pleats by folding over 1/4 inch sections and adding a small
amount of glue on the inside of the pleat. Continue to this process
until the ribbon forms a pleating circle.
- When there is only about 1/4 of remaining ribbon, glue to the other
end of the ribbon to form a circle.
- Glue the ribbon flower onto the center of the cream ribbon strip
and then glue an amber rhinestone onto the center of the flower.
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